independent watchmakers and brands
You may recall MB&F’s HMX, part of their 10th birthday celebrations in 2015. They decided to follow this up with a collaboration with Jack Thompson (aka ‘Black Badger’ on Twitter and Instagram), best known for his distinctive luminescent rings, milled… Read More ›
Today is about a new release from Manufacture Royale called the 1770 Voltige Plume Noire (Black Feather). In order to introduce this new watch which forms part of their Baselworld 2016 releases and which we saw in January in Geneva,… Read More ›
Remember this video? As a piece of low cost guerilla marketing it was inspired, with its coverage far and wide amongst tech press, many (most?) of whom didn’t really seem to get the point, or humour. So yes the video… Read More ›
Maker of liquid time-telling wristwatches and SIHH 2016 newcomers HYT have announced a successful fundraising effort for their upcoming new collections, with investors including Nestle CEO Peter Brabec-Letmanthe and a Swiss private asset management company joining the investor fold. Beat… Read More ›
In 2014 Urwerk introduced the manual-wind UR-105 via the Iron Knight and Dark Night, followed in 2015 by the automatic UR-105 TA (Turbine Automatic) Knight, whose movement is regulated via dual air turbines visible on its back. There were then… Read More ›
Last month Peter Speake-Marin added to his classic J-Class Collection with a new variant of the single-handed Velsheda (aka descendant of Shimoda). Again we have the single polished, blued steel hand extending across the diametre of the dial, counter balanced… Read More ›
Today we have a guest post from collector/ enthusiast @crunchylatte in which he shares his horological adventures visiting some key Tokyo watch destinations. Enjoy. DISCLAIMER: These are merely the ramblings of one watch enthusiast, and all views expressed are his… Read More ›
You may recall the announcement last year of a short film about the AHCI and featuring some of its members, retailers, and industry veterans, talking about the work of independent watchmakers both as individuals and in terms of their importance… Read More ›
Okay. So a job advertisement isn’t something that I would normally post about here, but I know that this is something that doesn’t exactly come up regularly, and that I know will be of interest to some of you –… Read More ›
By and large handling a watch for the first time involves impressions about weight, size, lugs, how a watch feels on the wrist, thoughts about straps or bracelets, and overall impressions about how the watch looks. Then comes a watch… Read More ›
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